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Synopsis

John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling film in the Halloween franchise

When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital babbling and clutching the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins, The Fog, Night Of The Creeps) is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman's daughter, Ellie (Stacey Nelkin), Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy, RoboCop).

Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran's shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country are kept from ever coming home in this terrifying thriller from writer/director Tommy Lee Wallace (Stephen King's It).

Why We Love It

"This high-def remaster is gorgeous. The image is startlingly sharp and detailed throughout. Contrast is robust enough to lend the film a real sense of depth and dimensionality, and black levels are appropriately deep and inky. Its palette is brilliantly saturated, belying its age by many years." – Adam Tyner, DVD Talk

"The restored print, in comparison to previously released DVDs, is a major improvement in every department. The print has been cleaned and remastered, bringing textures, depth and life back into the film...Scream Factory does a magnificent job redeeming this black sheep of the Halloween family, with a stunning transfer, solid audio and a great collection of bonus materials." – RL Shaffer, IGN

"The redheaded stepchild of the Halloween franchise finally gets its day in the sun with this affectionate, fanboy-friendly Blu-ray presentation." – Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine

"Shout! Factory has done an amazing job with the image on this Blu-ray…There is not a single flaw to be seen in this image, and for a film that is often very dark, the blacks are beautiful and true." – Derek Botelho, Daily Dead